等待时间受限的流水车间调度问题的启发式算法

针对等待时间受限的流水车间调度问题,分析了等待时间上限与可行解的解析关系以及目标函数的特殊性质,以此为基础,提出了一种启发式算法.算法采用贪婪与插入相结合的启发式规则构造工件加工序列,通过递归回溯解消其等待时间受限约束.仿真实验表明,该启发式工件排序规则在等待时间约束较紧或问题规模较大时,较其他几种常用排序规则具有更好的效果.     

考虑分时电价的多目标批调度问题蚁群算法求解

对同时优化电力成本和制造跨度的多目标批处理机调度问题进行了研究,设计了两种多目标蚁群算法,基于工件序的多目标蚁群算法(J-PACO,Job-based Pareto Ant Colony Optimization)和基于成批的多目标蚁群算法(B-PACO,Batch-based Pareto Ant Colony Optimization)对问题进行求解分析。由于分时电价中电价是时间的函数,因而在传统批调度进行批排序的基础上,需要进一步确定批加工时间点以测定电力成本。提出的两种蚁群算法分别将工件和批与时间线相结合进行调度对此类问题进行求解。通过仿真实验将两种算法对问题的求解进行了比较,仿真实验表明B-PACO算法通过结合FFLPT(First Fit Longest Processing Time)启发式算法先将工件成批再生成最终方案,提高了算法搜索效率,并且在衡量算法搜索非支配解数量的Q指标和衡量非支配集与Pareto边界接近程度的HV指标上,均优于J-PACO算法。     

等待时间受限的置换流水车间调度启发式算法

针对等待时间受限的置换流水车间调度问题,分析了其可行解与流水车间调度最优解的关系,给出了计算最大完工时间的有向图,证明了等待时间受限的置换流水车间调度问题的可逆性,并以此为基础提出了一种启发式算法.算法首先根据等待时间受限约束与无等待(no-wait)约束的相似特征,生成初始工件序列集;然后利用问题可逆性给出了复杂度为O(n2m)的插入优化机制,进一步优化初始解.数据实验的结果验证了启发式算法的可行性和有效性.     

分支蚁群动态扰动算法求解TSP问题

蚁群优化算法是一种求解组合优化难题的强启发式算法,它利用正反馈和并行计算原理,具备很强的搜索能力。近年来,蚁群优化算法广泛应用于TSP问题的研究。本文提出分支蚁群动态扰动(DPBAC)算法,该算法主要从5个方面对基本蚁群算法做出改进:引入分支策略选取出发城市;改进状态转移规则;引入变异策略改进蚂蚁路径;改进信息素更新规则;引入条件动态扰动策略。实验表明,该算法可以有效改善基本蚁群算法搜索时间较长、容易陷入局部极小等缺点。     

启发式算法求解等待时间受限的两阶段流水车间调度问题

等待时间受限的两阶段流水车间调度问题具有强NP难的复杂性,有必要探索问题特征来开发近似求解算法。本文分析了此问题与一般两阶段流水车间调度和无等待两阶段流水车间调度的关系,给出了两类特殊问题的多项式求解方法,探讨了最优调度的工件序列特征。在此基础上,设计了基于排列排序的启发式算法,算法应用Gilmore-Gomory启发式生成初始序列,构造调度解的可替换集合实现迭代寻优,并利用工件序列特征调整工件顺序以优化当前调度。通过对算法的求解性能进行理论分析和实验验证,进一步表明了该算法的有效性。     

多维背包问题的二进制蚂蚁算法

针对著名的多维背包问题(MKP), 在蚁群优化系统高维立方体结构的基础上,提出了一种二进制蚂蚁算法(BAS).与其他求解MKP问题的蚂蚁算法不同,BAS根据二进制解的结构设计了特殊的信息素放置方式,同时在算法的迭代过程中允许非可行解的产生,并通过基于问题特征信息的修改算子修复每次迭代所产生的非可行解.BAS算法采用了特殊的信息素更新规则,使得各个选择路径上的信息素可以直接作为选择概率,同时,为了避免算法陷入早熟,BAS设计了简单的局部搜索法,并根据算法所处的不同收敛状况,采用了不同的信息素更新规划和信息素重新初始化的方法.针对MKP基准问题的实验结果表明,BAS具有超越其他蚂蚁算法的求解结果,其求解不同基准测试问题的能力表明了BAS具有解决超大规模MKP问题的潜力.     

聚类视角下的差异工件平行机批调度问题

从聚类角度研究差异工件批调度这一组合优化问题.论证了差异工件的分批问题实质为一种广义聚类问题,为求解批调度问题提供了一个全新的途径.提出了批的空间浪费比的概念,将最小化批的总加工时间目标变换为最小化批的加权空间浪费比,从而可以更容易地寻找启发式信息指导分批过程,两者的等价性也在文中给出了证明.此外,以批的空间浪费比为基...     

车辆路径问题的混合蚁群算法设计与实现

蚁群算法是一种新型的模拟进化算法,具有许多优良的性质,可以很好地解决TSP问题.在分析车辆路径问题(VRP)与TSP区别的基础上,论文将蚁群算法应用于VRP的求解,针对VRP的具体特点,构造了具有自适应功能的混合蚁群算法.该算法对基本规则作了进一步改进,并有机结合了爬山法、节约法等方法,以减少计算时间,避免算法停滞.指出可行解问题是蚁群算法的关键问题,提出了大蚂蚁数、近似解可行化等四个解决策略.计算机仿真结果表明,自适应混合蚁群算法性能优良,能够有效地求解VRP.     

基于微粒群算法的单机不同尺寸工件批调度问题求解

提出了一种改进的具有全局搜索能力的微粒群算法,对工件尺寸有差异的单机批调度问题的制造跨度进行优化。针对问题中工件尺寸不同且分批加工的特点,设计了微粒的编码方式;对进化过程中产生的极优解,采用了混沌优化策略进行改进,避免早熟收敛的问题。仿真实验结果表明,本文算法的时间性能和近似解质量均优于现有的其他方法。     

基于改进遗传算法的置换装配线调度问题研究

企业的置换装配线调度问题（Permutation Assembly-line Scheduling Problem,PASP）是一类典型的NP-hard型生产调度问题,是现代集成制造系统CIMS极为关心的问题。该问题可以具体描述为n个工件要在m台机器上加工,每个工件需要经过m道工序,每道工序要求不同的机器,这n个工件通过m台机器的顺序相同,它们在每台机器上的加工顺序也相同,问题的主要目标是找到n个工件在每台机器上的最优加工顺序,使得最大完工时间最小。由于PASP问题的NP-hard性质,本文使用遗传算法对其进行求解。尽管遗传算法常用以求解调度问题,但其选择与交叉机制易导致局部最优及收敛慢。因此,本文提出基于区块挖掘与重组的改进遗传算法用于求解置换装配线调度问题。首先通过关联规则挖掘出不同的优秀基因,然后将具有较优结果的基因组合为优势区块,产生具优势的人工解,并引入高收敛性的局部搜索方法,提高搜索到最优解的机会与收敛效率。本文以OR-Library中Taillard标准测试例来验证改进遗传算法的求解质量与效率,结果证明：本文所提算法与其它求解调度问题的现有5种知名算法相比,不仅收敛速度较快,同时求解质量优于它们。     

A coordination mechanism for a scheduling game with parallel-batching machines

In this paper we consider the scheduling problem with parallel-batching machines from a game theoretic perspective. There are m parallel-batching machines each of which can handle up to b jobs simultaneously as a batch. The processing time of a batch is the time required for processing the longest job in the batch, and all the jobs in a batch start and complete at the same time. There are n jobs. Each job is owned by a rational and selfish agent and its individual cost is the completion time of its job. The social cost is the largest completion time over all jobs, the makespan. We design a coordination mechanism for the scheduling game problem. We discuss the existence of pure Nash Equilibria and offer upper and lower bounds on the price of anarchy of the coordination mechanism. We show that the mechanism has a price of anarchy no more than \(2-\frac{2}{3b}-\frac{1}{3\max \{m,b\}}\).     

An exchange heuristic for resource constrained scheduling with consideration given to opportunities for parallel processing

This paper describes a heuristic which produces efficient makespans for resource-constrained scheduling problems with parallel processing capabilities. This heuristic was initially developed for the scheduling of army battalion training exercises. The original heuristic has also been successfully applied to solve problems in project scheduling with limited resources, generalized job shop scheduling, and resource-constrained scheduling. The exchange heuristic requires an initial feasible solution upon which it improves the makespan by efficiently and systematically shuffling activities while maintaining feasibility. The method has recently been modified twice, termed the intelligent version and naive version, respectively, such that its ability to reduce the initial makespan is enhanced. In this study     

An ant colony optimization approach for the proportionate multiprocessor open shop

Multiprocessor open shop makes a generalization to classical open shop by allowing parallel machines for the same task. Scheduling of this shop environment to minimize the makespan is a strongly NP-Hard problem. Despite its wide application areas in industry, the research in the field is still limited. In this paper, the proportionate case is considered where a task requires a fixed processing time independent of the job identity. A novel highly efficient solution representation is developed for the problem. An ant colony optimization model based on this representation is proposed with makespan minimization objective. It carries out a random exploration of the solution space and allows to search for good solution characteristics in a less time-consuming way. The algorithm performs full exploitation of search knowledge, and it successfully incorporates problem knowledge. To increase solution quality, a local exploration approach analogous to a local search, is further employed on the solution constructed. The proposed algorithm is tested over 100 benchmark instances from the literature. It outperforms the current state-of-the-art algorithm both in terms of solution quality and computational time.

     

Improved approximation algorithms for non-preemptive multiprocessor scheduling with testing

Multiprocessor scheduling, also called scheduling on parallel identical machines to minimize the makespan, is a classic optimization problem which has been extensively studied. Scheduling with testing is an online variant, where the processing time of a job is revealed by an extra test operation, otherwise the job has to be executed for a given upper bound on the processing time. Albers and Eckl recently studied the multiprocessor scheduling with testing; among others, for the non-preemptive setting they presented an approximation algorithm with competitive ratio approaching 3.1016 when the number of machines tends to infinity and an improved approximation algorithm with competitive ratio approaching 3 when all test operations take one unit of time each. We propose to first sort the jobs into non-increasing order of the minimum value between the upper bound and the testing time, then partition the jobs into three groups and process them group by group according to the sorted job order. We show that our algorithm achieves better competitive ratios, which approach 2.9513 when the number of machines tends to infinity in the general case; when all test operations each takes one time unit, our algorithm achieves even better competitive ratios approaching 2.8081.

     

A mathematical model for job shop scheduling with multiple process plan consideration per job

In this paper, a mixed integer programming model is formulated for scheduling a set of jobs through a shop when each job is supplied or provided with multiple process plans or process routings. Simultaneous selection of a process plan for each job and the sequencing of the jobs through the machines in the shop based on the set of selected process plans is addressed. The procedure developed seeks to integrate the selection of machines for each job and the sequencing of jobs on each machine based on the objective of minimizing production makespan. the application of the procedure is demonstrated with an example problem. The following conclusions were drawn as a result of the research: (1) the procedure developed produces optimal or near optimal solution; (2) the benefit from the developed approach is that it allows a shop to adaptively select process plans for jobs to optimize on production makespan. By combining solution quality with scheduling flexibility and efficiency, the productivity of a shop can be greatly enhanced.